Carton



Feb- 17, 1942 P. F. VANDERVORT CARTON original Filed July 5, i938 Figa f2@ Fig i Pa/ZE Valida/Waff Patented Feb.y 17, 1942 y UNITED STATE cAR'roN Paul F. Vandervort, Canton, Ohio, assignor to General Container Corporation,

Cleveland,

Ohio, a corporation of Ohio Original application July 5, 1938, Serial No. 217,461. Divided and this application July 12, 1940, Serial No. 345,122

2 Claims. (Cl. 229-23) The invention relates to cartons, and more particularly to corrugated paper cartons, and the present application is a division of my prior application` for Bicycle cartons, Serial No. 217,461,

filed July 5, 1938.

The object of the invention is to vprovide a carton in which the side and end walls are provided at their upper and lower edges with angular, outturned flanges to which the edge portions of the top and bottom walls are attached, as by stitching, thus strengthening and reinforcing the carton. g

Another object is to provide such a carton in which the side walls have angular, outturned anges extending the entire length of their upper and lower edges, and the end walls having flanges at their upper and lower edges extending beyond the ends of the wall, and angular flanges at opposite ends separated from the upf per and lower flanges by notches, and connected to the end portions of the sidewalls.

The above objects together with others which will be apparent from the drawing or lwhich may be later referred to may be atained by construcing the improved carton in the manner illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a plan view of a carton constructed in accordance with the invention and showing a bicycle packed therein, the cover or top wall being removed;

Fig. 2, an enlarged fragmentary elevation of one corner portion of the carton;

Fig. 3, an enlarged' section through one end or side of the carton;

Fig. 4, a plan sectional view through one cornery portion of the carton;

Fig. 5, an enlarged elevation of lthe pad which receives the saddle post and steering post of the bicycle; and l Fig. 6, an elevation of one of the blanks from which an end wall of the carton is formed.

Similar numerals refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

The improved carton to which the invention pertains is made up of the side and end walls,

walls I0, and connected thereto as by stitching or staples indicated at I5.

Outturned, angular flanges I6 and I1 are formed at the upper and lower edges respectively of the side walls Ill and end walls II.

The side walls I0 are of elongated, rectangular shape, the ilanges I6 and Il Vthereon extending the entire length of each side wall. The end walls Il are formed from blanks of a shape as shown in Fig. 6, the upper and lower anges I8 and I1 thereof being cut oil at each end at points spaced from the outer edges of the flange portions Il, `and being separated from the upper and lower ends of the flanges I4 by the notches I In.

With this construction of end wall it will be seen, as shown in Fig. 1, that the ends of the flanges I6 and I1 of the end walls extend beyond the ends of said end walls and are in line with the side edges of the flanges I6 and I1 of the side walls, thus forming a rectangular flange formation of the same size and shape as the top and bottom walls which are connected thereto.

l The bottom wall I2 is attached around its edge portions to the lower anges I1 as by the stitching or staples shown at I8.

After the bicycle 'has been properly packe within the carton thetop wall I3 may be similarlyt',l closnnected to the upper flanges I6 as indicated a The bicycle shown in the carton in Fig. 1 comprises, generally, the frame 20 having the saddle post 2| and the steering post 22, and the I front and rear wheels 23 and 24, respectively.

The carton is preferably of such dimensions that the bicycle will ilt substantially, snugly therein, and when properly packed with the blocks and pads forming a part of' the invention, will be held against movement within the carton.

At each lower corner of the carton is located aA pad comprising a right angle strip 25 of ,corrugated paper or the like having spaced pairs of pads or blocks 26 located at its end portions and providing slots adapted to receive the wheels of l0 andy I I, respectively, of a width sulcient to formed of corrugated paper or board.

The end walls II are provided at their ends with angular flanges Il adapted to be bent varound the adjacent end portions of the side the bicycle. These pads need not be attached to the carton but are heldin place by the bicycle.

' A pair of triangular wheel blocks 21 formed of corrugated paper or the like are connected to opposite ends of a sheet 28 which is located against the adjacent side wall of the carton and between the ends of the angular sheets 25, the

v blocks 21 contacting with the tires of the front and rear wheels of the bicycle.

The saddle 29 may be removed from the bicycle and located within a box like holdei- 30 attached to the sheet 28 and having one end out and the nap thus formed turned out as at ll to receive the smaller end or the saddle.

.A triangular wheel block l2 may be ilxed upon one end of a corrugated sheet 3l which nlls the space between the adjacent end oi' the angular sheet 2l at the forward end of the bicycle and the opposite side wall Il Vof the carton.

` sheet 34 with the blocks 35 and 36 thereon is held against relative movement within the carton It desired, a illler in the form of a rectangular open-ended box Il, and of a height equal to the distance between the bottom and top walls l2 and Il may be located within the frame o! the bicycle and may be reinforced as by the diagonal partition wall I2.

Ai'ter thebicycle has been packed in the carton as illustrated in Figure 1 and in the manner above described, the top wall I3 may be placed thereon and stitched or stapled around its edges to the flanges I6 at the upper edges of the side and end walls I and Il as by the staples I9, thus completely enclosing the bicycle within the carton, protecting it against. the weather as well as against accidental marring and holding the bicycle tightly packed against relative movement within the carton.

Although interior packing devices are illustrated and described for the purpose of packing a bicycle in the carton, these devices form no part o! the present invention as they are claimed in the parent application, Serial No. 217,461, above referred to, and any other form of interiorv packing device for packing a bicycle, or other article, may be used in the carton disclosed hereat their upper and in, the particular construction of said carton forming the subject matter of the present invention, which may be used either with or without interior packing devices.

I claim:

1. A carton formed of corrugated paper including elongated rectangular side walls having outturned, angular flanges at their upper and lower edges and co-extensive therewith. end walls having angular over and connected to the adjacent end portions otthe side walls, and outturned angular flanges lower edges of greater length than the end walls and terminating at the ends of the upper and lower anges of the side walls in outwardly disposed ends located in the same planes as the body portions of said outturned angular iianges, and rectangular top and bottom walls having their edge portions overlying and stitched to said upper and lower angular flanges respectively of the side walls and end walls including outwardly disposed ends of the latter ilanges.

2. A carton formed of corrugated paper including elongated rectangular side walls having outturned, angular flanges at their upper and lower edges and co-extensive therewith, end walls having angular flanges at their ends lapped over and connected to the adjacent end portions of the side Walls, and outturned angular flanges attheir upper and lower edges of greater length than the end Walls and terminating at the ends of the upper and lower iianges of the side walls in outwardly disposed ends located in the same planes as the body portions of said outturned angular flanges and separated from the angular end anges by notches, and rectangular top and bottom walls having their edge portions overlying and stitched lar ilanges respectively of the side walls and end walls including the outwardly disposed ends of the latter iianges.

PAUL F. VANDERVORT.

iianges at their ends lapped to said upper and lower angu- 

